Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (Version in vigour from 2021-05-10 to )
Currency | No known outstanding effects |
Coming into Force | 10 May 2021 |
a pension beginning before the year 1969 may be increased by the amount necessary to bring the rate up to the 1969 standard, that is to say, to the rate arrived at by applying to the basic rate of pension the multiplier given in Schedule 1 for the year in which the pension began, and by a further 18 per cent. of the rate as so increased;a pension beginning on or before 1st April 1969 but not earlier than that year may be increased by 18 per cent. of the basic rate;a pension beginning in the six months following 1st April 1969 may be increased by 16 per cent. of the basic rate;a pension beginning in the six months following 1st October 1969 may be increased by 14 per cent. of the basic rate;a pension beginning in the six months following 1st April 1970 may be increased by 10 per cent. of the basic rate;a pension beginning in the six months following 1st October 1970 may be increased by 6 per cent. of the basic rate.(2) In the case of a pension beginning before the year 1969 the increase authorised by subsection (1) (a) above shall take the place of those authorised by the Pensions (Increase) Acts 1920 to 1969, but in the cases provided for by section 6 below shall be of the larger amount there specified by reference to increases that might have been made under those Acts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) A pension shall not be increased under this Part of this Act unless one of the conditions laid down by this section (in this Act referred to as “qualifying conditions”) is satisfied or the pension is F4a derivative or substituted pension or a relevant injury pension.has attained the age of F6fifty-five years; orhas retired on account of physical or mental infirmity from the office or employment in respect of which, or on retirement from which, the pension is payable; orF7subject to subsections (9) to (11) below,. . . has at least one dependant;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(5) For the purposes of this section, a pensioner shall be deemed to be disabled by physical or mental infirmity if he is permanently incapacitated by such infirmity from engaging in any regular full-time employment.(6) Subject to subsection (7) below, “dependant” in this section means, in relation to a pensioner, a person who the pension authority are satisfied is wholly or mainly supported by the pensioner and who either has not attained the age of F11seventeen years or is receiving full-time instruction at an educational establishment or is undergoing training F12for a trade, profession or vocation in such circumstances that he is required to devote the whole of his time to that training for a period of not less than two years.
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